i have a three part question ?

Question

i have a 1995 nissan altama and my steering wheel has a lot of play in it the car seems to go one way and i have to move the steering wheel quite a bit before it catches any idea what can cause this? second i recently had new struts put on the car and now it seems to be leaning to the passenger side on the front end what can cause this? and third is it hard to replace motor mounts on this vehicle?

Answer 1

The most common causes of steering looseness include worn tie rod ends, a worn idler arm or center link (on vehicles without rack and pinion steering), a worn steering gear or a worn steering rack.

Normally, your steering wheel should have no more than about a quarter inch of play. Any more means something is worn or loose and needs to be fixed.

WARNING: Don't put off having your steering looked at because a failure of a critical component could cause loss of steering control!
dont know about the last two things.sorry

Answer 2

Get the steering wheel checked out. A certain ammount of freeplay is ok, you can adjust it, but it could be a more serious problem as stated above.

The leaning towards one side problem, sounds like one of your springs is worn, or possible a defective strut. Go back to the place that installed it and have them look at it, they probally wont charge you to look at it.

Answer 3

the play in your steering wheel is either a bad rack or your steering column is not tightly bolted to the rack. did you replace both struts per axle, if not thats the problem. if so you need to get a aligiment. as far as the motor mounts are concerned i won't replace them without a lift.

Answer 4

If I were you I would have my mech ck the rack &PINION STEERING it sounds like its really worn its basic just a gear mesh problem. AS FOR MOTOR MOUNTS maybe not a driveway job but not a bear.

Answer 5

no